Corset



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9 927 I. R. VERSOY l636o23 CCRSET Filed June SC, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 iN x Pmnaa July 19, 1927.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

R. VEBSOY, 01' NEW HAVEN, CONNECTTCUT, ASBIGNOB TO THE BERGER- BROTHERSCOMPANY, 01 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET.

Application filed June so, 1925. Serial No. 40,858.

This invention relates to corsets or girdles,

and more especially to a garment of this t pe which is designed toproperly support t e abdomen of the wearer and to correct the 6 posture,and while'it is adapted to su port and compress certain portions of theody,

it the same time it is so made that the utmost freedom of movement willbe permitted the body of the wearer. In the past, some difliculty hasbeen ex erienced in providing a garment of this 0 aracter which, whilesufficiently flexible or elastic to permit the desirable freedom ofmovement, will at the same time be'sufliciently rigid and non-elastic togive the required support to the abdomen so that the wei ht of this partof the body will be pro er y carried by the bony strmlzture of (the ips,,known as the pelvic 'rd e.

30 My invention obviates these disadvantages in prior garments chieflyby placing an inlastic portion or girdle at that portion of the garmentwhich embraces the elvic girdle, and elastic sections above and elow thecentral girdle so that while the elvic region will be properlycompressed an supported, freedom of movement will be permitted above andbelow this section.

One object of m invention, therefore, is

to provide a nove form of corset which,

while giving proper support to the abdomen and causing the weight ofthis part of the body to be carried by the hip bones,

will provide for the utmost freedom of movelaent above and below thisportion of the A further object of my invention is the provision of acorset wherein an inelastlc section is provided to embrace the pelvlcre- .40 gion, and elastic sections extending substantially throughoutthe width of the garment above and below this section.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a novel andimproved method of joining the elastic sections of the garment to theinelastic portion thereof. To these and other ends, the inventionconsists in the novel features and combination of parts to behereinafter described and claimed.

In the accom anyin drawin Fig. 1 is a ront e evationa view of a corsetembodvin my invention, as it appears when upon the body of the wearer;

Fig. 2 is an inside view of the corset when open and extended;

3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of ig. 4 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 1showing a front lace corset embodying my improvements, and I Fig. 5 isan inside view of the front lace corset shown in Fig. 4 when open andextended.

The garment which I have selected to iI lustrate and describe asembodyin my invention may, as illustrated, be a a ted to either thefrontor back lace type 0 corset, that is, the garment may be made in twosectrons, as shown in Fig. 2, which are laced together at the back andsecured by clasps at the front, or as shown in Fi 5, the corset may bemade in one 'piece, t e free edges meeting and being laced together atthe front. It will, of course, be obvious that other modifications maybe resorted to as concerns the fastening of the free edges of thegarment, for if desired, it may be made without laces. 1

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the corset consists of rear stay sections 10and 11 secured by the laces 12 and front stay sections or busks 13 and14, provided with clasps 15 and 16 by which the meeting edges of thegarment may be connected. It will be noted that the rear stay sectionsare somewhat longer than those at the front of the garment and whilesuch construction is preferable, changes may be made in the relativelengths of these two parts to suit theindividual wearer. The lower endsof the long stay sections in the rear of the garment are adapted, whenthe corset is in place, to engage low the buttocks of the wearer andthus prevent the garment from tending to work upwardly on the body outof its proper position. The front stay sections being rela-. tivelrigid, especially at those portions to whic the clas s are attached, arepreferably of the proper ength so that the do not extend downwardly infront 0 the lower limbs and interfere with the assumption of a sittingdposition by the wearer.

Secure to the front and rear stay sections is a. central girdle portionconsisting, as shown, of inelastic gpres or sections 17, 18, 19 and 20.Prefera ly, this irdle portion will be wider at the back a jacent therear sta s than at the front adjacent the busks. his is provided, asshown, by tapering the sections of this part of the garment andespecially the lower edges thereof. It will be understood that thesections 10, 11, 13 and 14 are formed of inelastic material as well asthe sections of the central girdle, so that there will be an entireembracing structure or girdle of inelastic material about the pelvicregion.

The position of the garment in respect to the pelvis is shown in Fig. 4,wherein the ilium is shown at 21, the pubes at 22 and the ischium at 23.While tlns is shown in connection with the front lace type of garment,it will be understood that the garment shown in Figs. 1 and 2 isdesigned to occupy the same relative osition on the body of the wearer.It wilfbe apparent from t is, however, that the abdomen will besupported by an inelastic band or irdle so positioned as to cause theweight 0% this part of the body to be carried by the hips, and that theorgans in the lower part of the abdomen will be pressed upwardly as isdesirable, and which is a function which cannot be performed properly byan elastic garment.

The front and rear stay sections preferably extend above the centralinelastic band or girdle, and to the upper ends of these sections aresecured elastic sections 24 and 25.

The lower edges of these elastic sections are secured to the centralband by a butt joint which will be more fully described hereinafter.This joint is preferably substantially at the waist-line of the wearerso that the elastic portion of the garment extends slightly above thisline and provides some freedom of movement at this part of the garment.

Similarly, the lower ends of the front and rear stay sections extendbelow the central band, and between these extending ends are insertedelastic sections 26 and 27, which are connected to the front and rearstay sections and also secured to the central band at the meeting edgesof these parts by means of the butt joint shown especially in Fig. 3. Asshown in this figure, the meeting edges of these two parts of thegarment are bound by tape. or the like. as at 28 and 29, and the edgesabutted closely together and securely stitched in gig-zag fashion, thethread passing over the joint between the two sections and enteringfirst one and then the other. It will be apparent that this provides aflat joint or seam between the two parts and obviates the extrathickness or bulkiness which would be present if the adjacent edges ofthe two sections were lapped and then sewed. At the same time, thegarment possesses a neat and attractive appearance and is, of course,more comfortable to wear.

Hose supporters 30, 31, 32 and 33 may be secured to the lower edge ofthe arment, the supporters 31 and 32 preferab y being secured at thelower end of two of the stay sections while the front supporters 30 and33 are secured at the corners of the elastic sections where they arereinforced by the edge binding 34 and 35,- which extends over the frontedges of the sections 26 and 27 and below the front busk sections.

The front-lace type of garment shown in Figs. 4 and 5, is constructed insubstantially the same manner as has already been set forth in detail inconnection with the garment shown in Figs. 1 to 3, except that the rearstay sections 10 and 11 are joined rigidly together by the section 12,and the front busk sections 13 and 14 are provided with eyelets 15* and16 through which laces may be passed. It will be noted that the frontbusk sections are slightly longer than those shown in connection withthe backlace type of arment, and as has already been indicate this maybe preferable in some cases, depending on the individual requirements ormeasurements of the wearer.

It will be understood that the seams or joints between the central bandand the elastic sections of this type of garment are formed in themanner shown-in Fig. 3, which has already been described in detail.

It will be observed that in both of the forms shown there is provided aninelastic girdle portion extending substantially from the waistline tothe region of the pubic bones, this girdle portion being of substantialwidth and adapted to confine a large portion of the pelvic region forthe purpose described. The upper elastic section extending from thewaistline upwardly is preferably quite narrow, being considerablynarrower than the lower elastic section, and the latter being preferablysomewhat narrower in turn than the inelastic girdle portion. The girdleportion is tapered so as to be narrower at the front than at the back,while conversel the lower elastic section is tapered in the ot erdirection so as to be somewhat narrower at the back than at the front.The front stay sections preferably extend from the top of the upperelastic section down past the inelastic girdle portion to a pointintermediate of the upper and lower edges of the lower elastic section,so that a part of the latter extends downwardly beyond the front stays,as shown in Figs, 1

and 4; that is to say, downwardly be 0nd.

the region of the pubic bones where the ront stay sections come to anend.

While I have shown and described preferred embodiments of my invention,it will be understood that it is not limited to all the details shown,but is capable of modification and variation within the spirit of theinvention and the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: I

1. A corset comprising front and rear stay sections, a body encirclinggirdle portion of considerable width constructed of inelastic materialand connected to said stay sections, and upper and lower elasticsections adjoining respectively the upper and lower edges of said girdleportion and secured thereto and to the front and rear stay sections, theupper elastic section being disposed substantially at the waist line ofthe wearer and of less width than the lower elastic section, and thelower elastic section being of sub stantially less width at the rear ofthe corset than said inelastic girdle portion.

2. A corset comprising a relatively wide inelastic girdle portionencircling the pelvic region of the body and having its upper edgedisposed substantially at the Waist line,

front and rear stay sections extending vertically above and below saidgirdle portion, and elastic sections secured between. the projectingends of the stay sections at the top and bottom of the girdle ortion,said girdle portion tapering towar the front of the garment so as to benarrower at the front than at the back.

3.'A corset comprising a relatively wide inelastic girdle portionencircling the pelvic region of the body and having its upper edgedisposed substantially at the waist line,

- front and rear stay sections extending vertically above and below saidgirdle portion, and elastic sections secured between the projecting endsof the stay sections at the top and bottom of the girdle portion, saidgirdle portion'tapering toward the front of the garment so as to benarrower at the front than at the back, and said lower elastic sectionbeing correspondingly wider at the front of the garment.

4. A corset comprising front and rear stay sections, a body encirclinggirdle portion of substantial width constructed of inelastic materialand connected to said stay sections, and upper and lower elasticsections adjoining respectively the upper and lower edges of said girdleportion and secured thereto, the upper elastic section beingsubstantially narrower than the lower elastic section, and the latter inturn being substantially narrower at the rear of the corset than thegirdle portion, said girdle portion tapering toward the front of thegarment so as to be narrower at the front than at the back, and saidlower elastic section being wider at the front of the garment than atthe back, said front stay sections'being substantially shorter than therear stay sections and extending downwardly to a less degree.

5. A corset comprising front and rear stay sections, a body encirclinggirdle portion of substantial width and of inelastic material connectedto said stay sections,and adapted to confine and compress the body froman upperlimit located about the waistline to a lowervlimit located atabout the region of the pubic bones, and 'upper and lower elasticsections co-extensive in length with the girdle section and adjoiningrespectively the :upper and lower edges thereof to provide elasticsections about the waist and the lower portion of the hips of thewearer, said elastic sections being connected at their front and rearedges to the front and rear stay sections respectively.

6, A corset comprising front and rear stay sections, a body encirclinggirdle portion of substantial width and of inelastic material connectedto said stay sections, and adapted to confine and compress the body froman upper limit located about the waistline to a lower limit located atabout the region of the public bones, and upper and lower elasticsections co-extensive in length with the girdle section and adjoiningrespectively the upper and lower edges thereof to provide elasticsections about the waist andthe lower portion of the hips of the wearer,said elastic sections being connected at their front and rear edges tothe front and rear stay sections respectively, said front stay sectionsbeing shorter than the rear stay sections, and said lower elasticsection having a free edge extending downwardly below the front staysections.

7. A corset comprising front and rear stay sections, a bodyencircling-girdle portion of considerable Width constructed of inelasticmaterial and connected to the said stay sec- IRVING R. VERSOY.

